Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of seceding.

    That year, secession was enacted on account of unreasonable policies.

    Sezession, Abspaltung

    отделе́ниеotdelénije, сеце́ссияsecéssija

    відді́ленняviddílennja, сеце́сіяsecésija

More definitions
  • formal separation from an alliance or federation
  • the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War
  • an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Secession is not the only political tool available to the state.

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  2. Secession will only mean war with the country you no longer belong to.

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  3. Secession was the means by which the southern states hoped to achieve their goal of preserving slavery.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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The act of seceding:

Origin

From Latin sēcessiō (“a withdrawing”).

From Latin sēcessiō (“a withdrawing”).

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Forms

plural: secessions
Singularsecession
Pluralsecessions

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • formal separation from an alliance or federation:withdrawal
  • an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s:sezession

Word family

10 related words

See also

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